How  to  Conduct  the 
Campaign  for 
Libraries  for  Our 
Soldiers  and 
Sailo  rs 


It  ain’t  the  guns  nor  armament,  nor  fund  that 
they  can  pay, 

But  the  close  co-operation  that  makes  ’em  win 
the  day. 

It  ain’t  the  individual  nor  the  army  as  a  whole, 

But  the  everlastin’  teamwork  of  every  bloomin’ 
soul. 

— Rudyard  Kipling. 


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Library  War  Council 

Appointed  by  the  Secretary  of  War 

Washington ,  D.  C. 


LIBRARY  WAR  COUNCIL. 

Appointed  by  the  Secretary  of  War. 

Frank  A.  Vanderlip,  Chairman;  President,  National  City 
Bank,  New  York  City. 

Asa  G.  Candler,  Manufacturer  and  Banker,  Atlanta. 

P.  P.  Claxton,  United  States  Commissioner  of  Education, 
Washington. 

J.  Randolph  Coolidge,  Jr.,  Architect,  Boston. 

Mrs.  Josiah  E.  Cowles,  President,  General  Federation  Wo¬ 
men’s  Clubs,  Los  Angeles. 

John  H.  Finley,  New  York  State  Commissioner  of  Educa¬ 
tion,  Albany. 

James  A.  Flaherty,  Supreme  Knight,  Knights  of  Columbus, 
Philadelphia. 

E.  T.  Stotesbury,  Member  of  J.  P.  Morgan  &  Co.,  Bankers, 
Philadelphia. 

Theodore  N.  Vail,  President,  American  Telephone  &  Tele¬ 
graph  Company,  New  York  City. 

Harry  A.  Wheeler,  Vice-President,  Union  Trust  Company, 
Chicago. 


War  Finance  Committee. 

Frank  P.  Hill,  Chairman. 
Emma  V.  Baldwin,  Secretary. 


Executive  Offices. 

Public  Library,  Washington,  D.  C. 

Harold  Braddock,  Executive  Director. 
Harold  Flack,  Associate  Director. 

Donald  P.  Beardsley,  Assistant  Treasurer. 
American  Security  and  Trust  Company,  Treasurer. 


HOW  TO  CONDUCT  THE  CAMPAIGN. 


The  goal  of  $1,000,000  manifestly  is  easy  of  achievement 
when  each  city  subscribes  an  amount  equivalent  to  5%  of  its 
population.  Thus,  in  a  city  of  10,000  population  $500  or 
more  would  be  raised  for  the  Library  War  Fund,  a  simple 
task  under  the  leadership  of  the  librarian  and  trustees. 

The  trustees  of  the  local  library,  with  ten  other  prominent 
men  and  women,  will  be  appointed  by  the  president  of  the 
trustees  to  serve  as  a  local  War  Council.  This  War  Council 
will  direct  the  campaign  in  the  city  or  town,  appoint  such 
officers  as  may  be  necessary,  and  be  accountable  to  the 
Library  War  Council  at  Washington  for  all  funds  collected. 

In  each  community  the  librarian  of  the  public  library  will 
act  as  local  campaign  director. 

There  will  be  prepared  at  once  by  the  local  campaign  di¬ 
rector  a  complete  list  of  prospective  contributors  and  work¬ 
ers  who  will  be  ready  to  assist  in  the  campaign.  From  this 
list  the  president  of  the  local  War  Council  will  appoint  ten 
key  men  and  women.  Each  of  this  group  of  ten  will  act  as 
chairman  of  a  conference  of  ten  other  men  and  womeu,  to  be 
held  at  their  respective  homes  or  other  convenient  places  on 
Thursday,  September  20.  Each  one  in  attendance  at  these 
conferences  will  contribute  one  dollar  or  more  for  the  Library 
War  Fund,  and  agree  to  secure,  if  needed,  ten  additional 
workers,  or,  at  least,  ten  contributions  of  one  dollar  or  more 
for  the  fund. 


The  man  who  says  it  can’t  be  done  is 
often  interrupted  by  somebody  doing  it. 


PLAN  FOR  CAMPAIGN  ORGANIZATION. 

Local  War  Council. 

a.  Consists  of  trustees  of  local  library  board  and  ten  key 

men  and  women.  The  campaign  director  a  member  ex- 
officio  of  this  War  Council. 

b.  Has  full  power  over  all  the  work  combined  under  the 

plan ;  appoints  such  officers  as  may  seem  necessary 
(secretary,  treasurer,  and  publicity  director)  and  is 
accountable  to  the  Library  War  Council  at  Washing¬ 
ton  for  all  funds  collected  by  team  workers. 

Campaign  Director. 

a.  Preferably  the  public  librarian ;  otherwise  a  man  or  wo¬ 

man  whose  importance  in  the  community  and  whose 
knowledge  and  sympathy  with  libraries  and  library 
work  are  matters  of  public  acknowledgment. 

b.  Compiles  list  of  prospective  contributors ;  directs  the 

efforts  of  campaign  workers. 

Publicity. 

a.  Good  live  newspaper  men  will  be  glad  to  volunteer  for 
this  work.  They  should  attend  all  meetings  and  under¬ 
stand  the  whole  plan  thoroughly. 

Meeting  of  War  Council. 

a.  Monday  afternoon  or  evening,  September  17. 

b.  Campaign  director  explains  the  plan. 

c.  The  ten  key  men  and  women  are  appointed  by  the  presi¬ 

dent  of  the  War  Council,  to  serve  as  chairmen  of  library 
conferences. 

d.  Each  of  ten  key  men  and  women  selects  from  prospect 

list  the  names  of  ten  other  leading  men  or  women  of  the 
community,  whom  they  will  invite  to  a  library  confer¬ 
ence  to  be  held  at  their  respective  homes,  or  at  other 
•  convenient  places,  on  Thursday,  September  20. 

Library  Conferences. 

a.  Thursday  afternoon  or  evening,  September  20. 

b.  Chairman  explains  the  plan  to  the  conference. 

c.  Subscription  blanks  are  furnished. 

d.  Each  one  in  attendance  at  conference,  including  chair¬ 

man,  contributes  $1  or  more  for  Library  War  Fund. 


Where  there  is  no  vision,  the  people 
perish. — King  Solomon. 


e.  Each  man  and  woman  in  attendance  at  the  ten  library 
conferences,  except  chairman,  selects  a  list  of  ten 
women  outside  of  the  110  in  attendance  at  these  confer¬ 
ences. 

/.  Each  of  these  100  invited  guests  in  attendance  at  these 
library  conferences  on  Thursday,  September  20,  be¬ 
comes  responsible  for  securing  ten  or  more  additional 
contributions  of  $1  or  more  each. 
g.  Organization  is  extended  in  multiples  of  ten  until  a  large 
enough  corps  of  workers  is  secured. 

li.  The  method  of  solicitation  by  these  100  men  and  women 
is  optional  with  the  workers.  They  may  invite  ten 
*  guests  to  their  respective  homes  on  Monday,  September 

24,  which  is  the  opening  day  of  Library  War  Fund 
Campaign  Week,  for  a  library  conference  similar  to  the 
conference  which  they  attended  on  Thursday,  Septem- 
4  ber  20;  or  they  may  go  out  into  the  city  and  solicit 

their  ten  contributions  at  large. 

.  • 

Contributions. 

a.  Library  War  Fund  Campaign  Week,  beginning  Monday, 

September  24. 

b.  Prior  to  the  campaign  week  substantial  contributions  are 

secured  from  the  local  library,  as  an  institution ;  from 
the  trustees,  as  individuals;  from  librarians  and  other 
members  of  library  staffs ;  from  fraternal,  civic  and 
business  organizations;  and  from  individuals  who  will 
make  special  contributions. 

c.  Each  community  to  set  as  its  Library  War  Fund  goal  a 

sum  equal  to  5%  of  its  population.  This  means  $1  or 
more  from  every  twentieth  person  in  the  community. 

Reports  of  Campaign. 

a.  Reports  are  made  by  telegram,  or  mail,  on  the  blanks  pro¬ 

vided  for  that  purpose,  on  Tuesday,  September  18 ;  Fri- 
I  •  day,  September  21;  Monday,  September  24;  Wednes¬ 

day,  September  26;  Friday,  September  2S,  and  Tues¬ 
day,  October  2. 

b.  All  financial  reports  are  made  to  the  Library  War  Coun- 

y  eil,  Public  Library,  Washington,  D.  C.  Information  re¬ 

garding  plan  and  details  of  campaign  are  obtained 
from  State  Headquarters. 

c.  All  money  collected  by  campaign  workers  is  turned  over 

to  local  campaign  director  or  treasurer. 


Wisdom  is  knowing  what  to  do  next; 
Skill  is  knowing  how  to  do  it; 

Virtue  is  doing. 

— David  Starr  Jordan. 


d.  Local  Treasurer  deposits  all  moneys  and  checks  locally, 
then  writes  daily  check  payable  to  the  American  Security 
&  Trust  Company,  treasurer,  and  mails  to  the  assistant 
treasurer.  Library  War  Council,  Public  Library,  Wash¬ 
ington,  D.  C. 

Printed  Matter. 

Before  the  campaign,  printed  matter  has  been  furnished 
local  War  Councils  by  the  national  headquarters  as  follows : 
(a)  Pamphlets  for  workers  as  to  Why  the  $1,000,000;  (b) 
booklets  giving  campaign  plans;  (c)  subscription  blanks; 
(d)  treasurer’s  record  blanks;  ( e )  report  blanks. 


CAMPAIGN  ORGANIZATION  COMPLETED. 

Plans  for  the  million-dollar  War  Fund  Campaign  have 
been  completed.  As  one  member  of  the  Library  War  Coun¬ 
cil  stated  when  the  plan  was  placed  before  him,  “This  is  the 
most  perfect  campaign  organization  with  which  I  have  ever 
been  connected.  The  success  of  our  undertaking  is  as¬ 
sured.” 

Not  only  has  this  campaign  a  strong  national  organiza¬ 
tion,  but  there  is  being  built  up  a  state  and  local  organiza¬ 
tion  of  great  strength.  In  a  number  of  states  the  governors 
have  appointed  Library  War  Councils  for  the  state.  These 
consist  of  members  of  state  library  commissions  and  prom¬ 
inent  men  and  women  from  various  parts  of  the  state. 
Local  Library  War  Councils  have  been  organized  in  a  num¬ 
ber  of  cities  through  appointment  by  the  president  of  the 
local  board  of  trustees,  by  the  mayor  of  the  city,  or  by  the 
national  Library  War  Council.  These  local  War  Councils 
consist  of  trustees  of  the  local  libraries,  together  with  other 
prominent  men  and  women. 

An  organization  of  this  character  will  result  not  only  in 
securing  the  funds  needed  for  the  present-  war  service,  but 
will  have  a  survival  value  for  library  work  everywhere  that 
cannot  be  measured. 

Object. 

To  raise  a  $1,000,000  Library  War  Service  Fund  for  the 
erection,  equipment  and  maintenance  of  libraries  in  the 
thirty-two  cantonments  and  training  camps,  and  for  books 
for  mobilization  camps,  garrisoned  troops,  troops  in  trenches 
and  on  the  march ;  field,  base  and  camp  hospitals,  and  all 
points  at  home  and  overseas  where  United  States  soldiers 
and  sailors  are  assembled  in  force. 


You  cannot  perform  your  patriotic  du 
ties  by  proxy. — Col.  C.  A.  Simmons. 


Resources. 


1.  Educational  influence  of  previous  War  Fund  campaigns. 

2.  110,000,000  people  loyal  and  liberal  when  they  know  the 

facts. 

3.  Library  War  Council,  appointed  by  Secretary  of  War. 

4.  American  Library  Association  War  Service  Committee, 

authorized  by  War  Department  Commission  on  Train¬ 
ing  Camp  Activities. 

5.  National  campaign  organization  consisting  of  expert 

staff  at  national  headquarters  and  expert  directors  in 

field. 

6.  Three  thousand  members  of  American  Library  Associa¬ 

tion. 

7.  Five  thousand  libraries  in  the  United  States. 

8.  Trustees  of  local  libraries ;  local  librarians  and  other 

members  of  library  staffs. 

9.  Voluntary  service  of  public-spirited  men  and  women  in 

each  community,  not  only  willing  to  contribute,  but 
glad  to  solicit  funds  for  such  a  worthy  cause. 

10.  Newspapers  in  each  community  eager  for  patriotic 
service. 


National  Organization. 

1.  Library  War  Council. 

2.  Library  War  Finance  Committee  of  the  A.  L.  A.  War 

Service  Committee. 

3.  National  campaign  director. 

4.  Twelve  field  directors. 

5.  Twelve  division  directors.  A  librarian  selected  in  each 

of  the  several  divisions  to  advise  with  the  field  di¬ 
rector,  assist  in  mapping  out  the  state  campaigns  and 
arrange  for  meetings. 

State  Organization. 

1.  State  War  Councils. 

Selected  by  the  division  directors  and  consisting  of  about 
10  of  the  leading  librarians,  trustees  or  prominent 
people  of  the  state  who  confer  with  division  and  field 
directors,  plan  state  campaign,  and  see  that  a  cam¬ 
paign  is  started  in  every  city  and  town  of  the  state. 

2.  State  Campaign  Director. 

Selected  by  the  State  War  Council  and  the  executive 
officer  of  that  Council. 


Every  day  in  our  life  is  a  day  in  our 
history. 


Not  by  the  traditions  of  its  history,  nor  by 
the  splendors  of  its  corporate  achievements,  nor 
by  the  abstract  excellence  of  its  constitution, — 
but  by  its  fitness  to  make  men,  to  beget  and 
educate  human  character,  to  contribute  to  the 
complete  humanity  the  perfect  man  that  is  to 
be, — by  this  alone  each  nation  must  be  judged 
today. 


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